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Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle

Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle

Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle is a third-person story-driven survival horror game prequel to the critically acclaimed Daymare: 1998. Step into the shoes of agent Dalila Reyes, a former government spy now in the service of H.A.D.E.S. unit and prepare to face the true horror.

Released Aug 30, 2023 Developer Invader Studios Publisher Leonardo Interactive, 4Divinity Platforms Windows ShooterHorrorThird PersonSurvival HorrorFemale Protagonist
View on Steam ↗ $29.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-14.

75.0%positive928 reviews
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“Ratings to the Game: 9/10 is it worth playing? yes, if you like resident evil, is resident evil inspired. Pros: *Graphics are good *Good feel of horror *Secrets in-game *Easy Achievement Grind *Easy Controls *Well explain tutorial for newbies Cons: *Character can be quite…”

— a player, Steam review · 25 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“I have a great time playing this old school game (2013 style). A bonus I recommend if you have an AMD card is to use Optiscaler, and force FSR 4; It will look fantastic.”

— a player, Steam review · 24 hrs played
Not recommended · 3 found this helpful

“I wasted my time running around 90% of the game in empty large areas, I wont waste more on this review, Complete waste of potentials.”

— a player, Steam review · 19 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-07 via SteamCharts.

193all-time peak
0 25 50 2024 2025 2026 No data collected for this period No data collected for this period 41 avg · Sep 2023

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

30achievements
36.4%median completion
3.5%rarest: Demolition Woman
90.5% of players 75.2% of players 59.1% of players 51.3% of players 49.9% of players 46.9% of players 44.3% of players 41.1% of players 40.4% of players 39.9% of players 39.7% of players 39.0% of players 38.4% of players 38.4% of players 36.6% of players 36.4% of players 31.4% of players 26.2% of players 25.4% of players 23.4% of players 23.3% of players 22.8% of players 17.1% of players 14.2% of players 13.8% of players 9.0% of players 8.2% of players 7.5% of players 5.2% of players 3.5% of players 90.5% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
90.5%Pale and Shovel — Hidden achievement
75.2%A Cold Welcome — Hidden achievement
59.1%Tis But a Scratch — Hidden achievement
Rarest badges of honor
3.5%Demolition Woman — Finish the game with S Rank
5.2%Highlander — Finish the game without dying
7.5%H.A.D.E.S. Finest — Finish the game in Hardcore Mode

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$29.99current · sampled 2026-09-26 21:12 UTC
$11.99lowest since tracking began2026-08-31
US29.99 USD
EU29.99 EUR
UK24.99 GBP
Australia44.99 AUD
Canada39.99 CAD
Japan3,400 JPY
Brazil99.99 BRL
China108.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$16 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$34

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 08-12 08-21 08-30 09-08 09-17 09-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Oct 26, 2023
Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle Major Update #2

Hello everyone, Major update #2 for Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle is now live, bringing a new difficulty mode and some other quality of life improvements. We received many requests for a New Game+ mode in

Sep 18, 2023
Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle Major Update #1

Hello everyone, Major update #1 for Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle is now live, bringing bug fixes, major combat balance tweaks and other improvements for the game. We heard your feedback loud and clear and

Sep 06, 2023
Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle 6 September Patch Notes

- Game Credits now correctly show distributors company names - Fixed missing ambient audio on 1st map

Sep 04, 2023
Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle 4 September Patch Notes

- Small improvements on facial and body animations during major cutscenes. - Fixed an issue with the main character having incorrect hair color under specific circumstances. - Fixed mispositioned prop

Aug 30, 2023
DAYMARE 1994: SANDCASTLE IS OUT NOW!!

DAYMARE: 1994 SANDCASTLE IS OUT TODAY 📢 📢 Finally we can say it loud! DAYMARE: 1994 SANDCASTLE IS OUT NOW !📢 📢 We're proud to release our second game and let you live a completely new nightmare! Thank

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.

GenresAction
Player tagsShooter · Horror · Third Person · Survival Horror · Female Protagonist · Action · Exploration · Adventure · Old School · Singleplayer · Combat · Story Rich (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish *
ControllerFull support
Achievements30
Official sitehttp://www.daymarethegame.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: WINDOWS 7, 8, 8.1, 10 (64-BIT Required) Processor: Intel®Core i5-4460, 2.70GHz or AMD FX-6300 or better Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 or AMD Radeon R7 260x with 2 GB Video RAM DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 23 GB available space